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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Or Marcel Dionne, Shanahan, Marleau, Malkin, Sedins, Eric Staal, Bellows, Heatley, Yashin etc.

We have enough evidence of what Tkachuk does in the playoffs and there is an impending rebuild coming and the Flames don't have the team the way it is to win a cup. They just showed us.

If this is available, you pull the trigger. Gaudreau is probably going to walk anyway. I also don't think Tkachuk is a 100 pt player ever again, especially without Gaudreau, and his contract negotiation is going to be a nightmare, saddling you with a massive cap hit. Picked right, this pick will be getting the same number of points in 3 years for about 90% less cap hit.

I love how the negative crowd is always saying stuff like Gaudreau is probably going to leave anyway when everything points to the opposite.